One of my life-long dreams finally came true when we opened the Weaver’s Coffee & Tea roasting facility and retail space in San Rafael, California on July 1, 2010. This is the greatest job in the world and I am the luckiest roaster in the world! I roast daily, taste and blend coffees in the back, and then bring the coffee out front to our retail store for our customers. Customers can take a peek into the busy world of an artisan coffee roasting facility when they visit our retail store. Since our store is attached to our roasting facility, when ordering coffee, all our customers have to do is look over our Barista’s shoulder, through a large picture window and they will see me hand roasting on my vintage Probat coffee roaster.







The customers who have been coming into our facility love Weaver’s Coffee & Tea and especially love the freshness. They also like what we’ve done with the retail space. I need to do a shout out to Bryce Inouye and Renee Brown for creating this unique coffee and tea retail store. It’s very clean and soothing, with the signature green color on the walls. There is also a widescreen TV where people can relax and taste Weaver’s fresh-brewed coffee or tea. One item people really admire is the Royal No. 5 roaster which once belonged to Alfred Peet and now sits inside the store. I trained with Mr. Peet and we stood side by side every day, so this is a special piece of equipment for me. This roaster is also the original coffee roaster he used in 1966 when he came to the United States.

I would like to invite you to come into our retail store and roasting facility, taste our coffee and hopefully walk away with several pounds of Weaver’s Coffee and a few bags of Weaver’s Tea for your own home brewing. I love roasting coffee, and I love passing on what I feel is the best coffee in the world. I look forward to seeing you at our retail location soon. If you like it, please tell a friend to visit us in person or online.